Leaf habit of late Permian glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 493-507

  Gulbranson, Erik L ^a   Ryberg, Patricia E ^b   Decombeix, Anne Laure ^c   Taylor, Edith L ^d   Taylor, Thomas N ^d   Isbell, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b PARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES;

CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; EVERGREEN TREES; FOSSIL RECORDS; HIGH LATITUDES; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAF LONGEVITY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLASTIC TRAITS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOLATITUDE; PERMIAN; TREE;

FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES;

GLOSSOPTERIS;

EID: 84903512653     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2013-127     Document Type: Article

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